Flooded, lessons learned

[pickenup]

Irving, thanks for the offer.
Thankfully our range was on the upper floor, and didn't sustain any damage. About the only thing that didn't. LOL

[HoneyBadger]

Hear you regarding the church thing. Windsor was assisted by "emergency" folks. The ones who were here, there and everywhere, church folks. The out of town ones came prepared, cleaning , health, beauty aids. One other thing to remember NOT ONE OF THEM had their hand out, except for a handshake / hug. They do it all from donations.

This is exactly what I saw in Black Forest for many weeks after the fire... Church groups from all over the country were providing a hundred times more help than any government agency.

[TheGrey]

John, thank you for sharing your story and infomration. That was incredibly helpful, and has provided focus. I'm sorry to hear what you and your wife went through. Are you back home now?

[Kmanbay]

John,
I am sorry your home was damaged in the flooding.

Thank you for the first hand information, and the knowledge you are sharing with us all.

I live in Longmont too, on the Northern end, but my wife and I were out of the country when it all hit; we didn't even know about the floods (we pretty much unplug when we leave) until someone we had met told us about them.

When we tried to get "real" information about the conditions at home the media wasn't worth beans. All they were doing was taking pictures of the most devastated areas, without mentioning where the pictures were from which didn’t help us.

We couldn’t access the CDOT site, or many other government information centers.

Our, over 18, girls live with us but were essentially clueless on what they would need to do if things went to hell in a hand basket. We had to send them emails, when internet was available, to give them directions on what to do if the electricity went out, phones didn't work, the water rose and all the rest of stuff that they never thought could have happen. But it was completely impossible to give them much more than a thumbnails worth of written information.

Luckily we have a little bit of prep, but without knowledge it doesn't mean D&*k.

It turned out we/they were OK, but until we got home we felt completely helpless.

I realize now how unprepared the kids are for something this big. I guess it is because in all of the scenarios I have thought about my wife and I were always there to lead and protect them. I have to rethink my scenarios.

Karl

[JohnTRourke]

John, thank you for sharing your story and infomration. That was incredibly helpful, and has provided focus. I'm sorry to hear what you and your wife went through. Are you back home now?

we're close
still no furnace (supposed to be today or tomorrow, cross your fingers), so we spend the day at home and the night in the RV parked in the street out front.
and the mold guys want the furnace to be in first, so..........they are scheduled for saturday.

the pasture and yard can wait til it dries out, I'm thinking June or July.